Wow... there are several things wrong with that and I don't think that the punishment fit the crime what so ever. Additionally, if the school did not follow it's own protocol, (male v. female) it is just a massive invitation for legal action.

I have mixed feelings on the whole punishment thing in schools, but I do not think that this level of punishment is ever acceptable. Frankly, I don't even know where my line would be drawn, but it would be miles from what happened here.

If you want different results in your life, you need to do different things than you have done in the past. Change is that simple.